Comedian Shane Gillis said Nick Saban was angered by a joke he made on 'College GameDay' about the legendary Alabama coach paying players.

And despite Kirk Herbstreit and McAfee insisting that Saban loves the banter and was just joking, Gillis felt that Saban grew legitimately angry once he repeated the SEC joke and called the legendary head coach “Alabama Jones.” (Warning: The video contains strong language).

Shane Gillis said he had a fiery off-camera interaction with Nick Saban after the comedian called the legendary Alabama coach a cheater on ESPN’s “College Gameday” last month. Gillis was first confronted by the coach after he told Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit that the Crimson Tide only dominated because they were cheating by paying their players while others did not.

One of the best moments of the new College Football Playoff didn't happen on the field, but rather on the ESPN College GameDay set when comedian Shane Gillis seemed to anger Nick Saban with a joke about how SEC teams paid players for years.

Shane Gillis and Nick Saban seem to have a rivalry brewing which kicked off on ESPN’s College Gameday. Gillis took a shot at the SEC while on the show and Saban took offense, firing back at the comedian.

Nick Saban fired back at his viral moment with Shane Gillis. The famed comedian made a bold joke about how NIL evens the playing field against programs like Alabama that buy players already. While Saban did not look amused by these comments, the college football legend brushed off the remarks during the Notre Dame-Indiana broadcast.

Comedian Shane Gillis said Nick Saban was angered by the comedian's joke on 'College GameDay' about the legendary Alabama coach paying players